Tipulidae

Hello! The other day, walking through the forest, I met about 3 species of weevils (judging by the color). I am interested in whether they can somehow be determined by their appearance (morphologically) or whether you need to pick at the genitals? Well, and accordingly - according to what literature to determine?

How many (approximately) species can occur in central Russia? We, in Mordovia, have reliably registered 5 species (http://nature-mordovia.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=443&Itemid=). Is this the limit? Or can there be more? Wikipedia says that there are 1,200 species found in the Palearctic.

I apologize for the "stupid" questions. I'm not an entomologist

There are probably an order of magnitude more species, at least. Now I don't know how to define it, but Shipunov has almost all the monographs like Savchenko. But it is better to ask a specialist-a vep participant via a personal account.

A few dozen types, that's for sure. In the flora and fauna library there is also a" green " determinant and the fauna of the USSR and the fauna of Ukraine. You can use it.
When determining the use of genitals probably will have-even in the "green" for some genera it is written that a reliable definition of females is impossible, you need males with genitals.

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Thank you so much for your help! Can you tell me who's in the photo?

I'm not...

Hello! The other day, walking through the forest, I met about 3 species of weevils (judging by the color). I am interested in whether they can somehow be determined by their appearance (morphologically) or whether you need to pick at the genitals? Well, and accordingly - according to what literature to determine?

How many (approximately) species can occur in central Russia? We, in Mordovia, have reliably registered 5 species (http://nature-mordovia.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=443&Itemid=). Is this the limit? Or can there be more? Wikipedia says that there are 1,200 species found in the Palearctic.

I apologize for the "stupid" questions. I'm not an entomologist

In the photo Nephrotoma pratensis L
In the center of the European part about 100 species
http://www.bio.msu.ru/res/Dissertation/18/...E/pilipenko.pdf
In Mordovia, I think, 50 types can be found